Port News

When the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach sneeze, the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority catches a cold.

Containerized import volume into Southern California ports jumped 18.3 percent in May, as the shipping recovery at Los Angeles and Long Beach picked up speed and retailers pushed more goods out of Asi

International Longshoremen’s Association members in Hampton Roads refused to accept lower pay for handling uncontainerized cargo and for handling containers that move on a barge shuttle between

To small trucking companies working the ports in California, using independent contract drivers to haul containers creates a symbiotic relationship, giving owner-operators the freedom they prize and t

The clean-trucks program and other pollution-reduction measures slashed harmful diesel emissions at Los Angeles last year, according to the port's 2009 air emissions inventory.

Baltimore city officials are considering raising fees on trucks carrying oversize or overweight loads out of the Port of Baltimore, according to a published report.

When the Long Beach Harbor Commission this summer is presented with the final draft of the environmental impact report for replacement of the Gerald Desmond Bridge, the port staff anticipates approval

Work rules spelled out in contracts between owner-operator truckers and drayage companies may not provide the legal grounding to maintain the truckers’ status as independent contractors at U.S.

The ports of Seattle and Tacoma spent much of the past decade expanding their marine terminals and intermodal infrastructure.

The battle over who will drive the trucks in clean-air programs being rolled out at ports across the country is now being waged on three fronts — federal court in Los Angeles, a U.S.

The nation’s largest port complex hopes to benefit from what would be one of the largest loans ever made under a Federal Railroad Administration program for track system improvements.

Container volumes at West Coast ports followed an upward trend in April, with most of the ports reporting increases in imports and exports.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach spent almost $80 million combined on incentives to get carriers and owner-operators driving clean diesel trucks.

For a few hours this month, Congress trained a spotlight on someone rarely noticed in Washington — the trucker who works the nation’s ports, hauling containers from docks to distribution p

The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, which last year postponed the bidding process for the design and construction of a new container terminal in the former Philadelphia Navy Yard, is again seeki

The prospects for changing harbor trucking regulation in the United States rest with Congress, but groups fighting efforts to change federal law say the impact of any changes would hardly end at port

After being dethroned briefly by a global financial crisis that, Europe aside, is abating, customer-centered initiatives are returning to the top of the supply chain food chain that is turning away fr

The oil spill still fouling the Gulf a few miles off the Louisiana Coast is not affecting vessel traffic.

Maersk Line formally announced Friday it will begin a pilot test of imposing a $10-per-container fee on U.S. export containers that do not arrive at their load ports starting on May 1.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach turned in another winning month in March, with container volume in Long Beach up 13 percent over March 2009.

Maritime industry consultant Jon DeCesare is waiting for executives in Los Angeles and Long Beach to start using the words “cargo friendly” when describing the role of their ports in the t

Container terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach have taken their lumps over the years because of congestion problems, but they have also been innovators in reducing gate delays through the Pier

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Transportation interests agree that West Coast ports are well-positioned to capture a significant share of the cargo growth that will occur in the coming years, but they emphasized that the ports must

In support of President Obama’s call to double U.S. exports in five years, the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma said they provided suggestions for the National Export Initiative to U.S.

Coming off a year with container and breakbulk volume flat at best, Gulf container ports from Tampa to Texas are positioning themselves for future opportunities.

Just as an underdog sports rival wants to win the big game against a major competitor, it seems every port in North America wants to take cargo away from Los Angeles-Long Beach.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will ban the oldest drayage trucks from its terminals next Jan. 1 but won’t force owner-operator drivers to become company employees.

The devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile could not have come at a worse time for exporters of perishable fruit.

Southern California air quality regulators are proposing “backstop” rules to ensure the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach achieve the diesel emission goals established in their joint Cle

Attention to environmental issues such as carbon footprints could play an increasing role in sourcing decisions.

Carlos Arias knows his place in the apparel supply chain. His Guatemalan company makes denim jeans for Banana Republic, Abercrombie & Fitch and other U.S.

When economist Jeff Rubin wrote in 2008 that “the explosion in global transport costs has effectively offset all the trade liberalization efforts of the last three decades,” shippers and c

Rising freight rates, volatile fuel prices, fluctuating currencies, slow transits, missed vessel loadings — it’s enough to make any company think about restructuring supply chains by

Horizon Lines is close to a decision on whether to shift its weekly New York-New Jersey port calls for the carrier's Puerto Rico service to Philadelphia or Jacksonville, CEO Charles G.

Container volume at the Port of Long Beach increased in January for the second straight month, while total traffic in neighboring Los Angeles was down only 2.39 percent.

When it comes to rapid response to a disaster the magnitude of the Haiti earthquake, size matters.

For shippers and carriers in the U.S.-Southeast Asian trade lanes, the best times are yet to come.

It’s not the last mile that’s the logistics challenge in Haiti; it’s the last yard.

Ports, cities and labor unions are sharply at odds not only with each other but within their own ranks over efforts to overhaul regulation of harbor trucking, and the rifts will make it even harder fo